George White's Scandals of 1945 ** - Jack Haley has good
moments in this creaky backstage yarn.

Her Lucky Night ** - The Andrews Sisters as Manhattan night
club singers.

Here Come the Blondes

Hitchhike to Happiness

Honeymoon Ahead

I Love a Bandleader

I'll Tell the World

Incendiary Blonde *** - Betty Hutton as 1920s
celebrity Texas Guinan. Period songs make up for the sanitized
story.

Let's Go Steady

Mexicana

Naughty Nineties, The ** - Abbott & Costello on a show
boat. Old tunes and old routines.

Nob Hill

On Stage Everybody * - Lackluster behind the scenes look at a
fictional radio variety show.

Out of This World ** - Genial Eddie Bracken becomes a popular
crooner – vocals dubbed by Bing Crosby.

Pan-Americana ** - Reporters travel through South America,
stumbling across various RKO contact performers along the way. Less than thrilling.

Patrick the Great

Penthouse Rhythm

Radio Stars on Parade

Rhapsody in Blue *** - Robert Alda stars in a highly
fictionalized bio of George Gershwin. Great songs, plus turns by Al Jolson and Oscar Levant.

Rockin' in the Rockies * - The Three Stooges run a ranch.
Strictly for fans.

See My Lawyer

Senorita From the West

Shady Lady

Sing Your Way Home * - Jack Haley shepherds teenagers home to
US after WW II. Waterlogged nonsense.

Song of the Sarong

State Fair **** - Farm family
finds love and blue ribbons at the Iowa State Fair in this
all-American winner. Rodgers &
Hammerstein's superb score includes "It Might as Well Be
Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing."

Stork Club, The ** - Betty Hutton works hat check in the
legendary nightclub. A promising idea that goes nowhere.

Sunbonnet Sue ** - Gale Storm works in her father's
Bowery saloon.

Swing Out, Sister

Tell It To a Star

That Night With You

That's the Spirit * - Ghost returns to apologize
to his wife. Too silly to bear.

Three Caballeros, The **** - Animated winner from
Disney has Donald Duck traveling everywhere from Mexico to the inner
reaches of the imagination.

Thrill of Romance, The

Tonight and Every Night *** - Rita Hayworth goes on with the
show in war-torn Britain.

Under Western Skies (not seen)

Where Do We Go from Here? *** - Fred MacMurray travels back
across American history, with an ambitious Kurt Weill-Ira
Gershwin score.

Wonder Man *** - Great special effects and Danny Kaye playing
twins make this worth catching.

Yolanda and the Thief ** - Fred Astaire tries to convince
convent girl Lucille Bremer that he's her guardian angel. This one has
its fans, but I'm not one of them.

1946

Bamboo Blonde, The

Blue Skies *** - Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby battle for the same girl, set to some great
Irving Berlin tunes. A blatant rehash of the Holiday Inn (1942)
formula, but the stars make it great fun.

Centennial Summer ** - Sisters seek romance in 1876
Philadelphia, set to an unremarkable Jerome Kern score. Weak rip off
of Meet Me in St. Louis.

One Sunday Afternoon ** - Dennis Morgan as a dentist
wondering if he married the right girl. You'll know you're
watching the wrong movie.

One Touch of Venus* - Most of Kurt Weill's stage score is cut
and Ava Gardner's singing is dubbed -- what else do I need to tell you?

Pirate, The *** - Judy Garland thinks acrobat Gene Kelly
is a bloodthirsty pirate. Arch style and sub-par Porter score
keep this from being all it might have been, but you'll never forget
Kelly in black hot pants.

Road to Rio ** - Hope & Crosby on another journey.

Romance On the High Seas

So Dear to My Heart *** - Unlikely Disney tuner about a
boy and his sheep works thanks to a good cast and charming score.

Song Is Born, A ** - Scholars research jazz. Danny Kaye
provides laughs, while Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and
more provide the music.

Three Daring Daughters ** - Jeanette MacDonald is a divorced
editor whose daughters rebel when she announces plans to remarry.

Two Guys From Texas

Up In Central Park - Deanna Durbin in Romberg's stage hit.

When My Baby Smiles at Me ** - Betty Grable and Dan Dailey go
from burlesque to Broadway, with the usual misunderstandings. So-so.

Words and Music ** - Screen bio of Rodgers & Hart bears
little similarity to their real lives, but there are great musical
numbers aplenty. Includes Rooney & Garland's last screen duet,
"I Wish I Were in Love Again."

You Were Meant for Me ** - Jeanne Crain marries a band leader.

1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court ** - Bing Crosby stars, but this is no match for the Rodgers & Hart
stage version.

Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The *** - Wind in the
Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow paired in animated
Disney double feature. Bing Cosby voices the latter delightfully.

Always Leave Them Laughing

Barkleys of Broadway, The *** - Fred Astaire reunites with
Ginger Rogers in this tale of a fictional show biz couple. Okay story
enlivened by some enjoyable musical numbers.

Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend, The

Dancing in the Dark ** - William Powell learns the unknown
performer he has discovered is his daughter.

Holiday in Havana

In the Good Old Summertime *** - Judy Garland and Van Johnson
as battling coworkers who don't know they are pen pals. Great period songs,
handsome production, and Liza Minnelli makes her debut in the final shot.